Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread anne . hildrum
is a sleeping law related to adoptive children being treated different, as it would never happen. Anne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007 18:44 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread agh3rd
to be shown as such. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 4:26 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Ok you're not really talking realities here, so no one thought about the point that the heir

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread John Clare
Royalty can adopt, but, as you say, the adopted child would be treated differently from the heir of the body, which is what the discussion was about. The main differentiation however is that a large number of adoptees are still alive, certainly in England, who were born under the old system. They

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Anne Hildrum
to be shown as such. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 4:26 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Ok you're not really talking realities here, so no one thought about the point

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Anne Hildrum
How many heirs to the thrones in Europe have adopted? Anne - Original Message - From: John Clare To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Royalty can adopt, but, as you say

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Anne Hildrum
would. Anne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Easy- No adoptee can ever inherit the crown. If that isn't treating adoptees different

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread agh3rd
requires that some adopted children be treated differently. -Original Message- From: Anne Hildrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:44 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother How many heirs to the thrones in Europe

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Jim Smith
Greetings: Changing the direction a wee bit... If the time is prior to 1926, when adoption was formally legalized in England... how would one enter in the daughter of one of the parents, and who was not necessarily related to the other parent? The biological father is not known, but the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread agh3rd
@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:41 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother So what, there would never be any adopted child in the family of the heir to the crown.  So your total unrealistic point, isn't such a good point regarding how to treat adopted  children as any adopted

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread ronald ferguson
/ _ Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:00:41 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Greetings: Changing the direction a wee bit... If the time is prior to 1926, when

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Cathy
Hi Jim, She'd be entered as Jane SMITH with an AKA as Jane JONES I'd enter her with two sets of parents. Her mother and unknown father and her mother and Charles JONES. I'd enter parent-child relationships showing Charles as step-father. That's what he would have been if the first

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Heather Stovold
He would be entered as a Step-Parent On 9/21/07, Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings: Changing the direction a wee bit... If the time is prior to 1926, when adoption was formally legalized in England... how would one enter in the daughter of one of the parents, and who was not

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Jim Smith
Thanks all for advice. Jim On 9/21/07, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim, Jim Smith Tampa, FL 33624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Maureen Chambers
Phil Hawkins wrote: What has this to do with Legacy??? Absolutely nothing Phil, from what I can tell. At the risk of becoming a complete bore, can we *please* stick to discussions about Legacy and the add-ons? Maureen Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Phil Hawkins
John Clare wrote: Royalty can adopt, but, as you say, the adopted child would be treated differently from the heir of the body, which is what the discussion was about. The main differentiation however is that a large number of adoptees are still alive, certainly in England, who were born

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
I want to make clear that I admitted that it was an error as regards the European countries named, about whose adoption laws I know nothing. And I certainly was not considering monarchies or titles. As far as I know, all US states currently treat adoptees the same as biological children. Sara

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread agh3rd
Sara, With regard to the US adoptions, I believe it to be as you have stated. -Original Message- From: Sara Binkley Tarpley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 7:38 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother I want

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread ronald ferguson
of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:30:22 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread Anne Hildrum
, England, Luxemburg, Leichenstein, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Monaco. -Original Message- From: Sara Binkley Tarpley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother I am somewhat

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread agh3rd
] To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 3:48 am Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother As a Brit, I would like to know in what way the English Law (which btw doesn't exist) adoptees are treated differently. At one time they could only inherit from the adoptive

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread agh3rd
, September 20, 2007 2:30 AM  Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother    This is an over generalization that is simply not true.  I can name off the top of my head 10 western european countries that, by law, require adoptees be treated differently than others within their adoptive

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread ronald ferguson
@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:20:20 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll note that I never used the term English Law... however- There are three specific instances under British law that required different treatment

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
I apologize for making an untrue statement. This is probably the only list that I am on that is international. To the best of my knowledge, all U. S. states treat adopted children the same as biological children. Sara On 9/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll note that I

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread John Clare
Certainly the Letters Patent determine the path of inheritance and there are four Scottish Countesses in their own right at the moment since their Letters Patent specify heirs of the body. Also, on occasion a special condition in included such as the Dukedom of Marlborough also allowed inheritance

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread ronald ferguson
PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Certainly the Letters Patent determine the path of inheritance and there are four Scottish Countesses in their own right at the moment since their Letters Patent specify heirs of the body

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-20 Thread agh3rd
relationships. Hopefully they will remain so! -Original Message- From: John Clare [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 5:51 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Certainly the Letters Patent determine the path

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread agh3rd
@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 8:56 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother There are terms for nonbiological relationships: mother, father, grandmother, grandfather. Where there is a need, these can be modified with the terms biological and adoptive. If my

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread ronald ferguson
: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:29:52 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why should the use

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread agh3rd
/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:29:52 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
I am somewhat reluctant to post on this again as I fear it may be getting off topic. Let me begin by saying if the law thinks that the terms mother, father, parent, son, daughter, and child are adequate to cover adoptive relationships, why is there a problem using them in genealogy for such

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Jay Wilpolt
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:29:52 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother If such relationships are not explicitly stated in a genealogy then that genealogy is flawed in that it can lead readers to a false conclusion

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread John Clare
While it may well be true that there is no legal difference now, this is not true of the past. My mother was adopted and her adoptive mother left a legacy to both her children. My aunt received hers, but my mother did not since she was not specifically mentioned in the Will, merely referred to a

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Jay Wilpolt
] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother But what if someone 100 years from now saw an outline tree and believed that an adopted child was biological? Would that be the end of the world? Genealogy is a fascinating hobby, attractive for many different reasons to some people, of no interest whatsoever to many

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
? - Original Message From: Sara Binkley Tarpley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:29:25 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother But what if someone 100 years from now saw an outline tree

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread TH
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:29:25 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother But what if someone 100 years from now saw an outline tree and believed that an adopted child was biological? Would that be the end of the world

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Ron Taylor
Pat...you are the first respondent that correctly re-phrased the problem. Thank you. Ron Taylor - Original Message - From: TH To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother You

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread M. Brenzel
, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Monaco. -Original Message- From: Sara Binkley Tarpley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother I am somewhat reluctant to post on this again as I

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-19 Thread Maureen Chambers
Mary [M Brenzel] wrote: I think it's time to put this discussion to rest. I agree. People will have various views on this adoption topic so perhaps this is not the forum for such a discussion. Could we get back to Legacy and its add-ons and how they work? Maureen Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Computers 'think' in yes/no, on/off, black/white. It assumes all children listed were born to both parents. That is why the relationships are given drop down choices. Rich in LA CA --- Pat Hickin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread TH
You can't have it both ways :) On 9/18/07, Pat Hickin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm late getting involved in this discussion -- sorry!! -- got behind. This discussion makes me wonder about the following situation: A married couple named Smith had no children. And so in the marriage info

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread agh3rd
: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Ahh, but this couple did have a child. They just didn't have any biological children. How do you think the adopted child would feel to see that his parents had no children? Furthermore, legally it would be incorrect to say that the couple had

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
- WOW! More power to them! - Original Message - From: TH To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother You can't have it both ways :) On 9/18/07, Pat Hickin [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread ronald ferguson
/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:30:16 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, the wording needs to be changed to This couple had no descendants. Then a note

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread agh3rd
://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:30:16 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, the wording needs to be changed

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-18 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
/ _ To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:30:16 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, the wording needs to be changed to This couple had

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-14 Thread Mary Young
On 9/14/07, Ron Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Legacy needs is a flag in the marriage record to indicate that children are connected to only one parent and will never be connected to 2 parents because the second parent is not unknown but never existed. Maybe I'm being pedantic g but

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-12 Thread Tracy Skegg
Ron, do you also check Just leave it blank instead of Unknown? Options Customise Data Format Word for Blank Records (Just leave it blank.) It works well for Legacy, but add-ons like Legacy Charting Companion put in Unknown if the person field is blank for MRINs. Cheers Tracy Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-12 Thread ronald ferguson
PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:31:09 +1000 Ron, do you also check Just leave it blank instead of Unknown? Options Customise Data Format Word

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-11 Thread ronald ferguson
://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: Ron Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-10 Thread Tom Montgomery
You do not have to have a marriage for this. 1 - Add the child to the mother. 2 - In the marriage screen change the mother to just that mother or whatever else you would care to use. 3 - In children settings/child status show the child as adopted. Tom.. -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-10 Thread Ron Taylor
, I have just indicated in the marriage record notes the detail about this peculiar family. Ron Taylor - Original Message - From: Tom Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:43 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I'd either have the marriage record setup for her to be linked up to either an unknown person - or make a fake no person person set the marriage status to NOT MARRIED. and then have the child linked to them with the child status of adopted. And yeah, I'd add a bunch of notes.I